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I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end... I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#assure #best #earth #free #freedom

All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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Right and wrong becomes more difficult for each of us as we grow older, because the older we get the more we know personally about our own human frailties. ↗

— Blanche Lincoln

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Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces. ↗

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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Our soldiers have nobly fought to protect freedom since our country's birth, and have fought to protect those that could not protect themselves, even in foreign lands when called upon. ↗

— John Linder

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In fact, things are moving along rather well in Iraq. Nothing is perfect, of course, and freedom is messy work. The cooperation of the three major interests in Iraq has been remarkable. ↗

— John Linder

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The American patriots of today continue the tradition of the long line of patriots before them, by helping to promote liberty and freedom around the world. ↗

— John Linder

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I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him. ↗

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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